Participating families in patient’s routine care can improve patient’s safety and satisfaction and is an accepatable practice. When emergencies occur, presence of a family member is still unacceptable and is not practiced consistently. Many evidences indicated that the presence of a …show more content…
The article “Nurse’s perception of family presence during resuscitation” explores nurse’s experience with resuscitation, the benefits of having a family member during resuscitation and nurse’s confidence in handling resuscitation in the presence of a family member. A descriptive study was conducted, with a cross sectional survey design. A sample population of 154 nurses working in inpatient and outpatient units from an urban hospital were surveyed. The descriptive statistics used in this study was in a table format. Table 1, surveyed Participants’ characteristics; table 2, Participants’ responses to items on family presence Risk-Benefit Scale and Family-Presence Self-Confidence Scale; table 3, Significant differences by participant characteristics in family presence during resuscitation Risk-Benefit Scale and Self-Confidence Scale; table 4, Comment themes related to perceived benefits and barriers to presence of a patient’s family members during resuscitation. The study showed that self-confidence was greater in nurses who have completed their Advanced